Young people apply to become active citizens and help support, maintain, and create their city’s heritage.
Political Level: Local
Kaunas Challenge
Young participants are invited to solve cultural challenges in their home city with the support of mentors and professionals.
Play and Code with Minecraft
A computer game is used in a playful way to teach computer programming to children.
Smart Library
The mobile centre at the library of Vratsa reduces information isolation by providing computer literacy training for older people.
Youth Start – Empowering Each Child
A unique educational programme that is designed to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit in primary schools.
Connected Communities
Migrants are welcomed and supported through this community programme which helps them integrate into life in the UK.
Free Polish Lessons
Local volunteers in Wrocław help newcomers to learn Polish for free.
Frome Community Fridge
One community fridge saves 90,000 food items per year from being wasted whilst providing a unique opportunity for social connections to form.
Humanitas Retirement Village
Students receive free accommodation for 30 hours per month of their time to support the care of elderly care home residents.
Longford Nua
Through a new online platform, Longford residents can take a more active role in shaping the future of their county.
Open Schools Athens
School buildings are used in the evenings and on weekends for the benefit of the wider community.
Low-Cost Student Flat-Sharing in the Ehpad
Low-cost intergenerational flat-sharing creates greater social cohesion between students and the elderly.
Cooperative Council Groningen
Neighbourhood ambassadors and randomly selected citizens work with politicians to build trust between people and politics, connecting participatory and representative sides of democracy.
Frankfurt Democracy Convention 2019
Citizens are randomly selected to represent society and discuss relevant issues to reduce alienation from politics and increase active participation in local democracy.
Molenlanden
A decentralised town hall allows citizens to conduct municipal affairs online or in any physical location within the municipality.
Year of Democracy
The City of Leipzig reinvigorates and strengthens democratic values under the motto “You. Us. Leipzig”, and with the promotion of 28 projects.
green.LAB Graz
Brownfield sites in cities are transformed into usable spaces with portable, ‘green’ urban boxes.
InnovationCity Ruhr – Bottrop Model City
Bottrop pledges to reduce carbon emissions by fifty percent in ten years using an InnovationCity master plan bound to spread in the region.
Jobticket
The Jobticket provides discounted public transport for employees, motivating urban commuters to relieve the environment and the whole community of individualised mobility.
Local Solutions to Global Challenges
A culture of responsibility around climate change is created in a small town through local, climate-friendly actions.
